2. Our inspiration

3. Dyad Experience

4. Why are we dressed like superheroes?
Superheroes wear special clothes
We wanted to be superheroes for the day
In order to bring out our superhero personas and enhance our dyad experience, it was necessary to unveil our superhero costumes.
We wanted to make people smile

5. Things we accomplished
Self care
Cleaning the community
Broadened our perspectives
Strengthened interpersonal skills
Developed an appreciation for each other
Had fun!
Made people’s days

6. Self care Took a break from school Got outside Released stress
Exercise
Laughed…a lot
Affirmed by people in the community

7. Cleaning the community
Collected trash
Increased our awareness of the community’s needs
Inspired the community
“The Cold Within”
(Kinney, J. P. As cited in Zaiss, 2002)

8. Broadened our perspectives
“A Process” goals
(Irish, B. & Jancola, C., 2010)

9. Strengthened interpersonal skills by:
Smiling
Humoring the community
Working toward a common goal
Coordinating schedules
Agreeing an activity
Communicating
(Zaiss, 2002)
Bringing people together
Uniting small and large systems

10. Developed an appreciation for each other
“It seems to me that few people express appreciation and acknowledgment on a frequent basis. As a result, most of us do not feel appreciated for what we provide the people around us, at work and at home” (Zaiss, 2002, p. 75).

11. Had fun! We got to: Be creative Be goofy Laugh
Enjoy each other’s company
Enjoy the sunshine

12. What did we learn?